Roy Hanes

Bio:

Roy Hanes, MSW, PhD. began his social work career as the senior social worker on the Spinal Cord Injury Unit at the Royal Ottawa Hospital in 1980. Although his primary social work focus was providing individual, marital and family counselling to people with spinal cord injuries Roy was involved with inpatient groups, outpatient groups and family educational and support groups. In addition to his work at the rehabilitation centre Roy became involved in community organizing with people with disabilities and he is a founding member of the Ottawa Carleton Independent Living Centre.

At the university level, Roy developed and taught the first critical disability theories course offered at Carleton University and in fact it was the first such disability related course taught in schools of social work in Canada. Roy applied his community organizing skills at Carleton University and he developed the first persons with disabilities caucus in a school of social work in Canada and he went onto help establish the Persons with Disabilities Caucus within the Canadian Association School of Social Work. During his academic career he has taught disability focused courses at the BSW and the MSW levels and he has supervised disability related honours essays, independent studies, MSW thesis, and he has supervised disability studies research at the PhD level. Roy has carried out research in the areas of disability history, disability and immigration, disability and employment, and disability supports. In addition, he was involved in a research project which explored accessibility, accommodation and supports within schools of Social Work across Canada.

Roy was invited to develop and teach the first persons with disabilities related course ever offered in schools of social work in Russia. Besides the social work and disability related work, Roy was a founding member of the Canadian Disability Studies Association and he has been an active member of disability rights organizations such as the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (Social Policy Committee) and he has been an executive member of the Canadian Centre for Disability Studies. At the local level he has been a board member of the Ottawa Independent Living Resource Centre and he is a founding member of the Committee On Disability and Abuse. During his 18 years at Carleton University Roy has been a member of most committees which deal with the needs of students with disabilities. In short, Roy has 30 years of experience and expertise working in various capacities with people with disabilities. (practitioner, community organizer, teacher, researcher, volunteer, advocate.)

Courses Taught:

Social Work 100 – Introduction to Social Work/Social Welfare

Social Work 321 – Individuals, Families, Groups

Social Work 430 – Social Work and Persons with Disabilities

Social Work 509 – Social Policy and Political Ideology

Social Work 520 – Direct Intervention with Individuals, families, groups and communities

Social Work 538 – Structural Social Work: Introduction to Direct Intervention

Publications:

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports

Roy Hanes “ None is Still Too Many: An Historical Exploration of Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Legislation As It Pertains to People with Disabilities. (2010)

Roy Hanes “Social Work and Persons with Disabilities” in Steve Hick. Social Work in Jan. Canada: An Introduction. Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing. Third Edition. (2010)

Roy Hanes “Independent Living Centres: An Example of Non Government Organizations for People with Disabilities in Canada” in NGOS and Community Development. Beijing, China: Social Sciences Academic Press. (2009)

Roy Hanes and Mark Totten. Children and Youth Needs Assessment and Findings- Report for the Youth Policy Bureau of the Yamal- Nenets Region of Siberia, Russia. (2008)

Dunn, Peter, Hanes, Roy, Hardie, Susan and MacDonald, Judy. (2006) Creating Disability Inclusion Within Canadian Schools of Social Work. Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 5(1), 1 – 19.

Roy Hanes (2005) “People with Disabilities in Canada” in Steven Hick. Social Work in Canada. Toronto: Thompson Publication.

Roy Hanes (2005) “Independent Living Centres: An Example of Non Government Organizations for People with Disabilities in Canada.” Canada/China Forum on NGOs and Community Development- Beijing Institute of Technology. (Conference Proceedings)

Roy Hanes (2004) Social Work and People with Disabilities: A Model for Practice. Course Manual Published by the Canada Russia Disability Program, University of Manitoba. To be used in Schools of Social Work ( Russia State Social University, Moscow; Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Siberia; North Caucasus State Technical University, Stavropol, Russia) Summer.

Roy Hanes and Colin Stuart (2003) “Participant and Administrator Responses” to The Disability Supports Feasibility Study for the Social Research Demonstration Corporation. (Technical Report)

Roy Hanes and Allan Moscovitch (2002) Disability Supports in the Social Union. In Allan Puttee(Ed.) Social Union And Disability Policy. Kingston, Ontario, Institute for Intergovernmental Relations, McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Roy Hanes (2002). Consumer Control of Supports: Home to Work and Back Again. In Social research Demonstration Corporation (Ed.) Report on a Workshop on Employment of Persons with Disabilities: Ideas for Potential Demonstration Projects. ( 51-73) Ottawa: Social Research Demonstration Corporation. (Technical Report)

Roy Hanes (2001). “Social Work and Persons with Disabilities” in Stephen Hick. An Introduction to Social Work. Toronto: Thompson Publishing.

Roy Hanes and Therese Jennissen.(2000) Issues related to the Employment of People with Disabilities and Suggestions for Demonstration Projects.” Social Research Demonstration Corporation. (Technical Report)

Roy Hanes (1994) “Activity Report on the Establishment of a Persons with Disabilities Caucus in the Canadian Association Schools of Social Work” prepared for the Federal Government of Canada, Secretary of State for Persons with Disabilities. (Technical Report)

Roy Hanes (1994) A Discussion of the Politics of Disablement May. Within the Context of Professional and Consumer Relations Proceedings from the Consumer-Researcher Forum,Hull, Quebec. Facilitating Collaborative Research Between Consumers and Researchers.Prepared for Human Resources Development Canada by The Institute for Rehabilitation Research and Development: The Rehabilitation Centre, Ottawa. (Technical Report)

Steve Hick and Roy Hanes (1993) Disability Studies in Canadian University Social Work Education: A Discussion Paper for the Federal Government of Canada, Department of Health, Disabled Persons Branch. (Technical Report)